A while ago, I did a couple of articles with the unusual Celtics records from The Unofficial Guide to Basketball's Nastiest and Most Unusual Records by Kerry Banks. It seems that the newest Celtic, Rasheed Wallace, has set quite a few of these records all by himself. Most money paid in fines for technical fouls in one season20,500, Rasheed Wallace, Portland, 2001-02Technical fouls are assessed for unsportsmanlike behavior, such as trash talking and cursing officials. Wallace's demented season in 2001-02 qualifies as the most obnoxious to date. The power forward was whistled for 41 technicals in 79 games. That broke his own record of 38 set the year before. At $500 per T, Wallace was out of pocket for $20,500. But that money was only the tip of the iceberg. If you include another $30,000 in fines for various other violations that Wallace was assessed during the season, plus the $280,000 he lost in salary for a two game suspension, you arrive at the figure of $330,500 ...
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